ccie r+s online rack rentals
Hello Everyone,
would like to know if anybody has used online rack rentals ? from which site you recommend ?
there are few who offer 4hr, 6hr sessions... multipe sessions can be bought between 250 to 300 dollars.
do u guys recommend this ?
would like to know if anybody has used online rack rentals ? from which site you recommend ?
there are few who offer 4hr, 6hr sessions... multipe sessions can be bought between 250 to 300 dollars.
do u guys recommend this ?
Comments
Generally I think it's better then buying your own boxes. Some time ago I've used INE and I was happy with how it worked.
Presidential Training is my favorit . $10 for 4 hours. They only have racks cabled for 360. Great support and their rental hours match my needs. I had a problem with a rack once, called support, they immediately gave me a new rack and 2 extra hours and a free 4 hour session.
CCIE4U was where I started. $8 for 4 hours. Ian's racks are cabled for IPexpert and INE. So I had to redo my labs to make them work. I have never had an issue with CCIE4U's equipment and they are very responsive to my requests.
I started by using rack rental from CCIE4U and then decided to buy my own lab. There are 3 main reasons that I bought my own lab. One, scheduling time was a hassle. I had to think out 2-3 weeks to schedule lab time. This was hard due to my wife health issues. Two, copying my unfinished lab configs. It was a hassle to stop a lab early to copy the configs for the next session. I felt like I was wasting some of my time. Third, stopping during the middle of a thought. There were a lot of times that I had to stop near the end of a lab knowing that 15-30 minutes longer and I would be at a better place to stop or done.
From my prospective owning your own lab hardware makes it a lot easier to study when I need to. Beside the normal lab hardware I installed power-line to connect my Digi and 2 APC power strips to my external firewall. I can login and run a lab every time. Lunch time is spent in a conference room going over lab material or commands.
My lab hardware cost about $2500. The average person does between 800 and 1000 hrs of lab prep. I could have saved a little money renting from **** or CCIE4U, but the flexibility I have makes it worth a few more dollars.
Scott
The same with me but I have tried only the two. I have use the INE and Presidential training, both of them delivers good services but I prefer to choose the Presidential training. It has deliver the most convenient and comfortable services.